My Stream of Consciousness - 1

I Swear I'm Not! (Ninjago)

Summary: Kai denies that he is ticklish. Jay decides to prove him wrong.

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"I'm telling you, I'm not ticklish!" Kai insisted, staring at the three other ninja in front of him.

"All of us are ticklish, even Zane," retorted Jay crossly, pointing at the nindroid. "And he's not even human!"

"Don't refer to Zane like that, Jay," scolded Cole. Jay mumbled a hurried "sorry" then spoke to Kai again.

"But you have to be!" Jay exclaimed.

"Here. I'll prove it," Kai said. "Try and tickle me." He spread his arms out to both sides.

Jay walked forward and poked Kai in the stomach. The fire ninja yelped and jumped away.

"What was that then?" Jay said, crossing his arms.

"You surprised me, that's all!" Agrued Kai, moving back over to his friend. His eyes glowed with nervousness, and Jay could see it.

"Well, you're paying attention now," said Jay with a huff. "Let's try that again."

Jay reached out a hand and began to crawl his fingers up and down Kai's stomach. The latter bit his lip to keep himself from giggling, clenching his fists.

"Why are you so tense?" Asked Jay breezily, adding a second hand and making Kai slam a hand over his mouth to keep from laughing.

"Wh-what are y-you tahalking about?" Kai stammered.

"You're holding up pretty well..." said Jay mischieviously, pulling his hands away and wiggling his fingers. "It would be a shame if the tickle monster were to show up."

Kai stared for a moment, then ran, Jay on his tail and Cole and Zane following.

"I thought you weren't ticklish!" Cried Jay.

"I'M NOT!" yelled Kai in response, running faster.

"Then why are you running?!" Jay dove at Kai, grabbing him around the middle. They both tumbled to the ground of the training area. The two wrestled for a moment, both trying to pin the other, but Jay ended up victorious, holding the fire ninja's wrists above his hesd and sitting on his hips.

"Now let's see... tickle monster is hungry, which spot is most filling, hmm?" Jay stared down at Kai, watching as his friend's eyes widened and filled with fear.

"J-Jay! Don't!" He yelped. Jay smirked.

"I thought you weren't ticklish, Kai," said Jay simply. "I suppose I must find out by myself: is he, or is he not?"

With that, Jay dug his fingers into Kai's stomach. Much to Jay's surprise, his friend let out a high-pitched shriek, followed by adorably high, squeaky, and desperate laughter.

"AHAHAHAHAHA NAHAHAHAHOHO!" Cried Kai, squirming under Jay. Said lightning ninja's eyes widened at the sound, and his shock quickly morphed into pure joy at Kai's laughter.

"Wow, Kai. That is honestly the girliest thing I've ever heard," teased Jay, making Kai blush and laugh harder.

"SHUHUHUHUHUT UHUHUP!" 

Jay grinned. "Nah. You go all red and cute when you blush."

"FAHAHAHAHACK YAHAHAOHOU!" Kai cackled, thrashing.

Jay gasped overdramatically. "No cursing, Kai! What have we told you?"

The ninja of lightning stopped tickling to push Kai's shirt up a little. The latter yelped, realizing what was about to happen.